Appearance, especially the _expression of the face, or a look or _expression indicative of encouragement or of moral support. "Then from the harmony, in a joyous willingness which had come into being, they brought forth the fruit, which was a begetting from the harmony, a unity, a possession of the Totalities, revealing the countenance of the Father, of whom the aeons thought as they gave glory and prayed for help for their brother with a wish in which the Father counted himself with them". ("Tripartite Tractate".) http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/countenance